Soul Cycle's Spinning Cult Hits South Beach

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Soul Cycle, which is the New York-based spinning mecca that's responsible for the perky posteriors of Kelly Ripa, Brooke Shields and Katie Holmes, is going national. Over the Christmas holidays (which can be a very dangerous time for anyone's posterior) they opened their first out-of-state location: South Beach. As someone who spent the first few days of his Christmas vacation with his family on one of those all-you-can-eat cruises, it was a very important pit stop before boarding and disembarking on the trip. The good news is that all the things that make Soul Cycle a fabulously sweaty experience in the North East are the same reasons that make it great in Miami: clean equipment, pumping music, engaged teachers and a group effort getting fit. But the bad news is that the bodies in that town, where it's always swimsuit season, don't do anything for a pasty Northern visitor's self esteem.